Enhancing Balance Skills in Primary Education
Justification: Balance in Motor Development
Justification: Balance is crucial in motor development, involving nerve centers that influence growth. It encompasses static balance (maintaining posture) and dynamic balance (movement control). This unit targets 8-9 year-olds, focusing on static and dynamic balance, aligning with the LOGSE curriculum and adapting to the Canary Islands Autonomous Community guidelines.
Core Competencies
Key competencies include: G) Learning to Learn: Fostering student initiative
Read MoreUnderstanding Field Hockey: Rules, Equipment, and Tactics
Hockey: An Overview
Hockey is a team sport where players score by hitting a ball into the opposing team’s goal using sticks.
Field of Play
The pitch is a 91.40m x 55m rectangle. Goals are 2.14m high and 3.66m wide, with a semi-circular area of 14.63m. Lines cross the field 22.90m from each end and at the center. A penalty spot, 0.15m in diameter, is 6.40m from each goal.
Positions
Teams have fullbacks (defense), midfielders (halfbacks), and forwards (front line). One player is the goalkeeper, who cannot
Read MorePrinciples and Rules of Sports Training
The Rules and Principles of Sports Training
Sports training is a process that progresses slowly because the body needs time to adapt and improve. It’s scientific because it applies knowledge from various fields like anatomy, physiology, physics, and biochemistry. It’s also a teaching process, involving a relationship between a coach and an athlete where knowledge is transmitted, demonstrated, and corrected to enhance the athlete’s physical condition.
The Rules of Sports Training
Homeostatic Balance
Organic
Read MorePhysical Education Curriculum: Fostering Motor Skills & Healthy Habits
Objectives
1. Body Awareness and Physical Activity
Understand and appreciate their bodies and the role of physical activity in exploration, enjoyment, social interaction, and leisure time.
2. Physical Activity and Wellbeing
Recognize the importance of physical activity for overall wellbeing. Demonstrate a responsible attitude towards oneself and others, understanding the effects of exercise, hygiene, nutrition, and posture on health.
3. Adapting Movement to Different Situations
Utilize physical abilities,
Read MoreUnderstanding Perception, Body Awareness, and Breathing
Perception and Sensations
Perception is the awareness of the external environment and internal organs through receptors that transform stimuli into sensations.
Types of Sensations
- Exteroceptive Sensations: External stimuli received through the senses (hearing, sight, touch).
- Tactile Sensations: Stimuli received through the skin and pressure points.
- Thermal Sensations: Stimuli related to temperature changes.
- Proprioceptive Sensations: Information about the body’s position in space, muscle and tendon tension,
Understanding Bruises and Blunt Force Trauma
Types of Bruises and Blunt Force Trauma
A contusion is caused by blunt force trauma impacting the body’s surface. There are three types:
- Objects designed for attack or defense.
- Objects designed for attack but not defense, which can be used offensively.
- Natural means of defense for humans and animals.
Injuries Without Skin Breakage
- Ecchymosis: Mild bruises affecting small blood vessels beneath the skin.
- Equimosis: Larger than ecchymosis, affecting larger vessels.
- Sugilaciones (Suckers): Small, pinpoint